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On 7 April 1980, Carter severed diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States and they have been frozen ever since. [81] Since 21 May 1980, Switzerland has been the protecting power for the United States in Iran. Contrary to usual practice, the US Embassy was not given into the charge of the Swiss Embassy.
2021 U.S.–Iran naval incident. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated on 25 October 2021 that they had thwarted an attempt by the United States to capture and detain a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the gulf of Oman by carrying out a heliborne operation and directing the ship back to Iran's territorial waters.
Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident. On 5 December 2011, an American Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was captured by Iranian forces near the city of Kashmar in northeastern Iran. The Iranian government announced that the UAV was brought down by its cyberwarfare unit which commandeered the aircraft and safely landed it ...
The U.S. military's success helping Israel stop a massive wave of Iranian missiles and drones last weekend might suggest Washington is well prepared militarily for whatever comes next as Iran and ...
The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unmanned aerial vehicle production after its missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. The U.S. Treasury ...
Carol E. Lee and Courtney Kube. April 5, 2024 at 2:11 PM. WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are concerned that Iran may be planning to hit targets inside Israel in retaliation for the ...
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war. Starting on 17 October 2023, and in response to United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war, Iran -backed militias initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on U.S. military bases and assets in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. [ 38][ 39][ 40 ...
After days of telegraphing its intentions, Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel; almost all of them were intercepted by Israel and a US-led coalition, and the retaliation had ...